This healthy cherry smoothie for weight loss, pain relief, and better sleep makes a great snack or dessert.
Our recipe for cherry smoothie with yogurt is just 115 calories and is a great night time smoothie for sleep.
Cherries naturally ease pain. Known as “nature’s ibuprofen” they can elevate pain and inflammation. Just remember, it’s the dark red cherries that help the most.
You can also use cherries to help you get a better night of sleep. One of the best types of food to sleep better, cherries naturally release melatonin… so you fall asleep faster and sleep better.
Try enjoying one of these tart cherry smoothie for sleep and pain as a dessert. You’ll wake up well rested and with less pain!
This healthy cherry smoothie for weight loss, pain relief, and better sleep is just 115 calories!
Healthy Cherry Smoothie
This article will supply you with everything you’ll need to make a cherry smoothie for back pain.
From a shopping list, to a printable recipe card. You’ll even find protein add-ins and a nutrition label in the sections below.
To make this cherry smoothie recipe easy, we’ve supplied you with the following sections.
Read through them for protein add-ins, and a shopping list… or skip ahead to the recipe card.
What You’ll Find in This Article:
- Ingredients in Cherry Smoothie Recipes (shopping list!)
- How to Make a Cherry Smoothie for Weight Loss
- Healthy Cherry Smoothie (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Cherry Smoothies
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this cherry smoothie for joint pain to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.
Up next, a shopping list for this cherry bedtime smoothie for sleep…
Ingredients in Cherry Smoothie Recipes
One of the best food for good sleep is cherries. It’s also a good food for pain and inflammation!
If you are looking for food for pain relief and food for sleeping better, make sure to get dark red cherries! The light yellow ones are pretty and yummy, but won’t have the food for sleep and pain benefits.
You can enjoy this cherry smoothie recipe year round… Just make sure you buy frozen cherries. And a bonus to making a frozen cherry recipe is less mess and no need to pit the cherries!
Shopping List for Yogurt Cherry Smoothie for Muscle Pain:
- Frozen dark red cherries (pitted)
- 0% Greek Yogurt
- Honey (optional)
Optional Protein Powders for Dark Cherry Smoothie Recipes:
- Vanilla Protein Powder (adds 21 grams of protein)
- Collagen Powder (adds 11 grams of protein)
Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this frozen cherry smoothie for weight loss you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for this healthy cherry smoothie recipe can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.
Up next, how to make a healthy smoothie for pain and inflammation…
How to Make a Cherry Smoothie for Weight Loss
This simple smoothie is a great dessert. Enjoy it after dinner in place of a heavy dessert.
It will help you sleep better, wake up with less pain, and has a lot of antioxidants as well.
How to Make Frozen Cherry Smoothie for Pain:
- Add the cherries, yogurt, water, and optional sweetener or protein powder to a blender.
- Blend until smooth, adding more water 1/8 of a cup at a time to reach desired thickness.
- Pour into a glass and immediately rinse your blender out (to stop the ingredients from sticking to the inside).
Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!
Up next, a sharable recipe card for this low calorie smoothie with cherries…
Healthy Cherry Smoothie
This low calorie cherry yogurt smoothie recipe is great for pain, inflammation, weight loss, and even better sleep!
Be sure to see above (in the Ingredients section) for healthy protein add-ins!
Healthy Cherry Smoothie (JUST 115 CALORIES)
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen dark red cherries (pitted)
- 1/4 cup 0% Greek Yogurt
- 1/3 cup water and more to thin as needed/desired
- 1 teaspoon honey optional
- 1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder optional
Instructions
- Add the cherries, yogurt, water, and optional sweetener or protein powder to a blender.
- Blend until smooth, adding more water 1/8 of a cup at a time to reach desired thickness.
- Pour into a glass and immediately rinse your blender out (to stop the ingredients from sticking to the inside).
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Cherry Smoothies
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